Predictors and Consequences of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Provider Burnout: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

BackgroundIn the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), mental health providers (MHPs) report the second highest level of burnout after primary care physicians.Burnout is defined as increased emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and decreased sense of personal accomplishment at work.ObjectiveThis study aims to characterize variation Zanussi ZH

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Tuberculosis in indigenous children in the Brazilian Amazon Tuberculosis en niños indígenas en el Amazonas Brasileño Tuberculose em crianças indígenas da Amazônia brasileira

OBJECTIVE: Assess the epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in Brazilian indigenous children and actions to control it.METHODS: An epidemiological study was performed with 356 children from 0 to 14 years of age in Rondônia State, Amazon, Brazil, during the period 1997-2006.Cases of TB reported to the Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System were

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